China
Subtitle: the photographs of Edward Burtynsky
By: with essays by Marc Mayer, Ted C. Fishman, Mark Kingwell.
Contributors: Mayer, Marc 1956-; Fishman, Ted C., 1958-; Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Steidl
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Burtynsky, Edward, -- 1955-; Photography, Industrial -- China.; Photography, Artistic.; China -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Other titles: Photographs of Edward Burtynsky.; Burtynsky-China.
Description: "In this book, Edward Burtynsky presents photographs of the remnant and newly established zones of Chinese industrialization - those places created while realizing the "glory" of wealth for a powerful civilization yearning to move forward and join the ranks of modern nations. Using diplomatic channels, Burtynsky has gained rare access to these sites, creating images that are at once arresting and unsettling. These photographs afford us privileged glimpses of the vast social and economic transformation currently underway in China." "Burtynsky casts a watchful eye over the extreme expressions of Chinese industry. His subjects include the Three Gorges Dam, at present the world's largest engineering project and Bao Steel, China's biggest steel producer. He explores the vanishing dinosaurs of old industrial complexes in the north eastern "rust belt" and shipyards at Qiligang, the single most concentrated area of shipbuilding in the country."--Jacket.